Rossby Vortices in Thin Magnetized Accretion Discs

Abstract

We study the Rossby wave instability (RWI) in a thin accretion disc threaded by an initially toroidal magnetic field using the magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) code PLUTO. We find that for plasma $10^1<\beta <10^3$ , the growth rate and late-time density are suppressed, whereas for plasma $\beta >10^3$, the magnetic field has negligible effect. The initially toroidal field is twisted inside the vortex and expelled at late times. This creates a radially directed field outside the vortex region, which can be understood via a simple kinematic model of a magnetic field in a rotating fluid and may be observable via polarised dust emission.

arXiv comment10 pages, 10 figures

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